ETHNews: Indian Government Officials Ask For Fingerprinted WhatsApp Messages

Ethereum World News: Experts Believe Bitcoin Could Soon Surge Towards All-Time-Highs; Here’s Why

Thursday, 20 June 2019 00:49

Bitcoin and the entire crypto markets are currently being controlled by buyers, which is a positive sign for embattled investors who are anxiously awaiting the next bull run that allows BTC to surge towards, or... The post Experts Believe Bitcoin Could Soon Surge Towards All-Time-Highs; Here’s Why…

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Ethereum World News: Why Are China’s Tech Tycoons Excited About Facebook’s Crypto & Blockchain?

Thursday, 20 June 2019 00:00

Libra Elicits Support from Crypto Diehards to Chinese Businessmen Facebook’s Libra, a to-be-launched crypto asset to be backed by a blockchain, has drawn support from all across the globe. Everyone from mainstream media and Bitcoin... The post Why Are China’s Tech Tycoons Excited About Facebook’s Crypto &…

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Ethereum World News: Cryptocurrency is “More Convenient” than Cash and Society is Ready for Adoption, Head of the Central Bank of Russia Says

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 22:20

Cryptocurrencies are being used more each time in the field of geopolitics, transcending the image of being just an experimental technology promoted by some fintechs and enthusiasts. After drawing the attention of the G20, several... The post Cryptocurrency is “More Convenient” than Cash and Society is Ready…

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ETHNews: Oregon Prisons Ban Blockchain Literature, Citing Security Concerns

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 20:58

A three-person committee of information technology workers has suggested the ban of a large swath of introductory technology and coding books from prisons in Oregon, including four basic blockchain tech explainers.

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ETHNews: Russia Has No Plan To Legalize Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 21:02

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov says the country will not legalize the use of Facebook's Libra despite recent bills meant to loosen the grip on the use of cryptocurrency.

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ETHNews: Hard Core Fund Raises 50 BTC To Help Fund Bitcoin Development

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 21:09

The nonprofit Hard Core Fund, co-created by Dovey Wan, has raised about $450,000 worth of bitcoin to help fund current network developers and bring more on in the process.

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ETHNews: Regulators Discuss Controversial FATF Rule Before G20 Summit

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 21:56

Prior to the upcoming G20 Summit, regulators are discussing the Financial Action Task Force's rule that would see cryptocurrency exchanges verifying $1,000 transactions, focusing on the kind of ramifications too much regulation can have.

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ETHNews: Polygraph Protocol Looks To Hold Double Spenders Accountable

Tuesday, 18 June 2019 19:12

Developers of the Polygraph protocol hope the system can step in where Byzantine agreement protocols fail, helping to hold blockchain users accountable for double spending and preventing parties with more than one-third of a network's total mining output from gaining decision-making authority.

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ETHNews: Facebook's Libra Blockchain Is Actually Block-less

Tuesday, 18 June 2019 19:20

Rather than a collection of blocks that hold transaction records, Facebook's Libra blockchain looks to be a single data structure that records transaction history, causing some to break out the term "glorified database."

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